Inkwell



June 12, 1923.

' 1,458, 17 1 y. DORNBERGER INKWELL Filed Feb. 10 1921 a/(gm v ATTORNEY FIGURE 5 Patented June 12, 1923.

vro'ron nonnrsnaonn, or sari Jose, oanrroaivme INKWELL.

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, Vio'ron DoRNennonR. a citizen of the United States, and resident of San Jose, in the county of Santa Clara and State of California, have invented certnin new and useful. Improvements in Inkwells of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates particularly to a type oi ink well designed to be permanently ar ranged in a desk top. 1

it is the object of my invention to provide an ink well so constructed as to carry a large amount of ink, and one that can be conveniently arranged in a desktop and that will. protect its contents at all times from evaporation or becoming befouled with foreign matter. A. further object is to provide an ink well Of the character indicated so constructed and positioned as to obviate all possibility of the ink overflowing on to the desk. and that will provide a neat durable and practial device of particular adaptability to:- use in school room equipment.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a plan view of the device in position at the side of a school desk.

v Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same, part broken away.

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the supporting case.

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the ink receptacle.

Figure 5 is a section on line 55 of Figure 1.

Referring more particularly to the draw ing, 1 indicates a portion of the top of a school desk and 2 the side portion of the desk over which the top 1 overhangs. At 3 is shown a sheet metal'case of exactly the same width as the overhanging portion of the top 1, the inner side 4 of the case engaging the outer side of the side portion 2 of the desk; and the outer side 5 of the case extending upwardly and being set into the edge of the desk top as shown. Theends 6 of the case 3 are formed to engage the bottom surface of top 1 and are provided'with slots 7 to engage screws 7 a set in said top so that by loosening the screws 7 the whole case 3 may be slipped free of the desk top,

Fitting snugly in case 8 is a glass ink receptacle as 9, in the resent case entirely enclosed except at the 'orward end of its upper side where an opening 10 is provided and which is also provided with a groove 11.

This forward portion of the receptacle is separated from the rear and main portion by a depending element 12 approaching but not contacting with the bottom of the receptacle. This element 12 prevents foreign matter such as paper, etc., from working back into the body of the well,

At 13 I show a plate set in flush with the upper surface of the desk and in alignment with case 3 and receptacle 9 and overlapping the forward portions thereof as shown in Figure 2. Plate 13 is provided with an opening' 14: having substantially the same width at 15 as the portion 10 of the ink receptacle and communicating therewith, and a narrower portion 16.

At 17 is shown a cover plate mounted in portion 15 of opening 14 and flush with the top of said plate and provided with depend ing lugs 18 pivotally mounted on a shaft 19 set in plate 13 as shown. The lugs 18 are :lormed with forwardly and upwardly curved bottom edges as shown at 20 and extend down into the groove 11 in interlocking relation thereto.

At '21 is a lever plate set flush with the upper surface of plate 13 and in portion 16 of opening 14: and extending-into portion 15 ofsaid opening as shown. Lever 21 is provided with depending lugs 22 pivotally mounted on shaft 23 set in plate 13 and carries a pair of fingers 24; extending under and engaging the curved edges of lugs 18.

in its preferred Pl'tolt-iCtl application the structure is mounted in the edge of a desk as above set forth. where it occupies space ordinarily not used at all. This arrangement renders all ot the balance of the desk, including the upper portion now largely reniilered useless by the ordinary ink well. available tor other purposes. Placing the ink well at the side also renders it more convenient for use and permits the use of a large reservoir the said reservoir being freely available for iillingand cleaning and sni'iiciently large to/hold suliicient ink to last for a long period at time, and yet in no way interfering with the free use of both the interior and exterior of the desk.

By eliminating the necessity of the frequent filling of easily removable ink Wells, the dangers attending such filling are reduced to a minimum or entirely eliminated. By means of the structureset forth the well is entirely removed from the desk for filling, and need be filled but once in the whole school year, and this operation in no way placing the material on the desk in jeopardy.

\Vhen in use a light pressure on the end of lever 21 by the fingers or the hand holding the pen causes the fingers 24 on the said lever to operate on edges of lugs 18 thereby throwing cover plate 17 upwardly into the position shown in Figures and 3 whereupon a pen :25 may be dipped into the reservoir, 10' of the ink receptacle. Upon. removing the hand from the lever 21 the said lever 21 and plate 17 automatically drop back to a closed posi tion due to the location of their pivotal points. This automatically closing construction prevents evaporation of the ink and protects it from dust, etc, and yet permits it to be freely used without effort or difliculty on the part 01 the user.

ljVhile I have herein shown and described one particular embodiment of my invention, it is to be understood that changes in form, cons ruction and method ot' operation may be made within the scope oi the appended claims.

I claim: 7

1. An ink well for desks, comprising a receptacle, a top plate having an opening through which access is gained to the ink receptacle, a sectional cover for the receptacle, the sections oi. which are pivoted independently in the opening; of the top plate, and normally nesting cam fingers carried by the cover sections whereby upon tilting one section to open the same the companion section will concurrently open.

2. A receptacle having an opening formed therein, a plate arranged thereover and provided with an opening communicating with said first mentioned opei'iin a pin eccentr'cally arranged in the opening in said plate, a closure for said plate opening, de-

pending; lugs on said closure revolubly engaging said pin and provided with outvrdly extending and upwardly curving edges, a lever plate pivotally mounted in the s ine plane as said closure, and a pair rs formed on said lever plate and engaging the curved edges of the depending lugs on said closure.

3. An ink well for desks, comprising a rccep'aclc, a top plate having an opening through which access is gained to the ink receptacle, a sectional cover for the receptacle, the sections of which are pivoted independently in the opening of the top plate, the meeting edges of the cover sections having respectively a wide tongue and recess it whereby upon movement of the tongue to open position a large opening to the receptacle will be provided, and means For ett'ect ng simultaneous movement to the cover sections.

An ink well For desks, a receptacle, COJCrllSlilg a top plate having an opening "lnii'nugli which access is gained to the ink cccptacl-e, a sectional cover for the recep- 0 the sections-s of which are pivoted indep mdentlyin the opening of the top plate, one cover section having a depressib-le "ting portion for raising the op pcsite ed to 01 en position, and a free cam conneru between the cover sections for sinniltaneously raising the meeting edges of the (f1')\el'--SGCl]lO 1S.

rln ink well for attachmentto the ledge of a disk, comprising a case slidably removable "from the ledge, an ink receptacle reznovably contained within the case, said receptacle having a groove across its upper face, and a cover plate having a projection normally interlocking with the groove of the receptacle.

vicron DORNBERGER. 

